Penlan Club A.F.C. Explained

Clubname:	Penlan AFC
Fullname:	Penlan Association Football Club
Founded:	2006
Ground:	Mynydd Newydd Playing Fields,

Penlan Association Football Club is an amateur Welsh football team based in Penlan, Swansea, Wales. They play in the .^[1]

History

Formed in 2006, the team have been champions of the top division of the Swansea Senior Football League five times since the 2011–12 season. For the 2020–21 season the club joined the newly formed tier 4 West Wales Premier League. The first season of the competition was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic and in the 2021–22 season the club were the inaugural champions of the league losing only one game all season. Penlan AFC also won the West Wales Premier League Cup, claiming a historic double.

Honours

• West Wales Premier League – Champions: 2021–22,^[2] 2022–23
• West Wales Premier League Cup – Winners: 2021–22
• Swansea Senior Football League Division One – Champions (5): 2011–12; 2013–14; 2014–15; 2015–16; 2018–19^[3]
• Swansea Senior Football League Division One – Runners-up (4): 2010–11; 2016–17; 2017–18; 2019–20^[4]
• Swansea Senior Football League Division Two – Runners-up: 2006–07^[5]
• Swansea Senior Football League Senior Cup – Winners: 2016–17; 2017–18; 2018–19^[6]
• FAW Trophy – Runners-up (1): 2016–17^[7]
• West Wales Intermediate Challenge Cup – Winners (2): 2013–14; 2022–23
• West Wales Intermediate Challenge Cup – Runners-up: 2012–13;^[8] 2017–18^[9]

External links

• Club official twitter
• Club official facebook

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jones . Jordan . West Wales Premier League formed for 2020/21 season/ . Y Clwb Pel-Droed . 6 July 2020.
2. Web site: Penlan Club crowned inaugural winners of West Wales Premier League . Y Clwb Pel-Droed . 13 April 2022 . 12 April 2022.
3. Web site: Jones . Jordan . Penlan Club win Swansea Senior League title . Y Clwb Pel-Droed . 27 July 2020.
4. Web site: Davies . Nick . Swansea Senior League Division 1 – 2017/18 . Y Clwb Pel-Droed . 27 July 2020.
5. Web site: Swansea Senior League Tables 2006-07 . Welsh Football Data Archive . 13 August 2020.
6. Web site: Swansea Senior Cup Results . Swansea Senior Football League . 18 August 2020.
7. Web site: Jones . Dave . Flashback – 4 years ago: Chirk lift the FAW Trophy thanks to extra time decider . Grassroots North Wales . 15 September 2021.
8. Web site: West Wales Intermediate Cup Final: Johnston 3-2 Penlan Club (AET) . Western Telegraph . 15 September 2021.
9. Web site: Hudgell’s header secures West Wales Cup glory for Goodwick United . Pembrokeshire Sport . 15 September 2021.